IAF commander who shot down Pak jet after Balakot strikes joins private airline

IAF commander who shot down Pak jet after Balakot strikes joins private airline

Abhinandan Varthaman, who shot down Pak jet after Balakot strikes joins private airline

Trump to speak on both nights of GOP convention

Robert Kiyosaki defends billion-dollar debt as a deliberate wealth-building strategy

Robert Kiyosaki, author of 'Rich Dad Poor Dad', openly embraces carrying substantial debt, viewing it as a strategic financial tool rather than a liability. He uses borrowed money to acquire income-generating real estate, a practice he distinguishes from reckless borrowing. Kiyosaki secures his debt against properties and works with partners to manage financial risk. He advocates for what he calls 'good debt', arguing that informed use of leverage can be a powerful path to wealth creation.

US Mint issues Trump $1 coin, first living president on currency in 100 years

The United States Mint has released a special edition $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump. The coin bears Trump's portrait along with the inscriptions 'LIBERTY' and 'IN GOD WE TRUST'. This makes Trump the first living US president to appear on American currency in approximately a century. The release marks a notable departure from the long-standing tradition of only depicting deceased figures on US coins and banknotes.

How engineer promotions really work at Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft

Engineers at major tech companies often stall in promotions not due to lack of skill but because the promotion process itself is poorly understood. Each company uses a distinct system: Google relies on a formal committee that reviews written packets and peer feedback, while Meta evaluates candidates twice a year through a performance cycle where consistent visible output every six months is critical. Amazon requires a written narrative tied to its Leadership Principles, reviewed by external bar raisers who can block promotions if results appear too recent or unproven. Every major tech company also has a 'terminal level' — such as Google's L5 or Meta's E5 — where career progression becomes optional and the nature of the role fundamentally shifts from individual execution to broader organizational impact. Understanding which process applies to your company and optimizing accordingly can be the difference between advancing and cycling through the same feedback for years.

How git reflog can recover commits after an accidental git reset --hard

A developer accidentally ran 'git reset --hard HEAD~3' in the wrong repository window, instantly wiping three commits from the working tree. Because Git does not immediately delete unreferenced commit objects, the work was recoverable using 'git reflog', which logs every position HEAD has pointed to and survives a reset. By identifying the correct commit hash in the reflog and running another 'git reset --hard' to that hash, all three commits were fully restored within seconds. The reflog only tracks committed work, however, meaning genuinely uncommitted changes lost to a hard reset have no recovery path. The developer now rehearses destructive Git operations on a disposable repository clone before running them on any codebase they care about.

After Google, Apple Maps changes 'Lake Ontario' name to 'Lake America' for US users

7-Year-Old Skater Tangtang Falls at Race Start, Recovers to Take the Lead

A young skater named Tangtang, aged 7, fell at the very beginning of a skating competition but quickly got back on her feet. She steadily caught up with the other competitors and eventually moved into the lead. Her remarkable recovery drew widespread attention for the determination she displayed under pressure. The incident has been highlighted as a valuable lesson for parents about teaching children resilience. Experts and observers note that helping children cope with failure and bounce back is an essential part of their development.

Ex-Ukrainian Defence Minister Launches Palantir-Backed Defence Tech Firm

Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has founded a new defence technology company backed by Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who is serving as its principal investor. The firm aims to convert Ukraine's frontline combat experience into advanced technological solutions. Its primary focus is on developing defence innovations drawn from real-world lessons of Ukraine's ongoing war with Russia. The company intends to serve both Ukraine and its allied nations with these battlefield-informed technologies.

Nuvama VP Picks Bank of Maharashtra, Glenmark, Tata Tech as Top Buys

Aakash K Hindocha, Vice President of Research at Nuvama Professional Clients Group, has released his top stock picks for September 3, 2026. The three recommended stocks are Bank of Maharashtra, Glenmark Pharma, and Tata Technologies. These recommendations were published as part of Nuvama Wealth's daily market guidance for investors. The picks are intended to help investors identify potential buying opportunities in the current market environment.

Nine categories EM interviewers score you on — and how to prepare for all of them

Engineering manager interviews are scored across nine distinct categories, ranging from performance management and conflict resolution to technical judgment and vision, meaning strong preparation in only a few areas is rarely enough. Unlike individual contributor loops that test depth in a narrow technical domain, EM loops sample broadly, and gaps in even two categories can cost a candidate the offer. Most behavioural questions ultimately probe four things: whether the candidate ran a structured process, can name a specific tradeoff, owns outcomes without deflecting, and is clearly identifiable as the decision-maker within their own story. A practical preparation method involves writing down eight to twelve real situations from the past two years, mapping each to the nine categories, and identifying which cells remain empty — those gaps represent the questions most likely to catch a candidate off guard. Each story should then be rehearsed aloud, not memorised, targeting roughly ninety seconds and always ending with a candid reflection on what the candidate would do differently.

UN: 20 Million Children Suffered Online Sexual Abuse Across 21 Countries in One Year

A United Nations report has revealed that approximately 20 million children across 21 nations experienced online sexual abuse within a single year. Around 15 million of those children were exposed to unwanted sexual content they did not seek out. Nearly 9 million were coerced or pressured into engaging in sexual conversations online. An additional 4 million children had their sexual images shared without their knowledge or consent. The findings highlight the alarming scale of digital child sexual exploitation across multiple countries.

New York City Schools Ban AI for Students Below High School Level

New York City has introduced strict regulations limiting artificial intelligence use in its public schools. Students below high school level face a complete ban on AI tools, while high schoolers are permitted limited access for specific educational purposes. Teachers, however, are allowed to use AI for tasks such as lesson planning and translation. Centrally approved instructional programs and assistive technologies have been exempted from the new restrictions. The policy marks one of the more defined stances taken by a major U.S. city on AI use in education.

IAF Hero Abhinandan Varthaman Retires, Joins Goa-Based Airline

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, celebrated for shooting down a Pakistani jet during a 2019 aerial dogfight, has retired from the Indian Air Force and joined a Goa-based airline. The pilot gained national recognition after the February 2019 Balakot airspace confrontation between India and Pakistan. Varthaman was awarded the Vir Chakra, India's third-highest wartime gallantry honour, for his exceptional conduct during the engagement. His transition marks the end of a distinguished military career that made him one of India's most recognised air force officers in recent memory.

Pune sons assault elderly parents in dispute over mother's land sale

Two sons in Pune district allegedly beat their elderly parents with wooden sticks amid a dispute over the sale of land belonging to their mother. The sons also reportedly threatened their parents in connection with the property deal. Passersby witnessed the assault and alerted the authorities, after which the injured couple received medical treatment. Police have since registered a formal complaint against the accused sons under applicable legal sections.

BGVerifyIQ Aims to Streamline Enterprise Background Verification With AI Dashboard

BGVerifyIQ is a new workforce technology platform designed to address inefficiencies in enterprise background verification (BGV) processes. The tool provides HR and talent acquisition teams with a unified workspace that consolidates data from multiple vendor portals, eliminating reliance on scattered spreadsheets and manual status tracking. It offers a live pipeline dashboard, a natural-language query interface that requires no SQL knowledge, and a 360-degree candidate profile with approval recommendations. The platform is intentionally read-only, meaning it surfaces and organizes existing data without modifying underlying records. It combines a conversational AI chat feature for specific queries with a structured dashboard view for broader pipeline oversight.

How to Design Secure Server-Rendered Login Sessions for EdTech Apps

A software developer has outlined a structured approach to handling authentication in server-rendered educational applications, emphasizing that session creation, verification, refresh, and logout should each be treated as distinct state transitions. The design recommends issuing a short-lived session cookie only after a phone verification code is confirmed, with the server maintaining full control over the session lifecycle and audit trail. A key concern addressed is account recovery in school settings, where a learner may lose their phone while a parent, teacher, or administrator still needs safe access to recover the account. The browser receives only an opaque HttpOnly cookie, keeping the underlying session store — whether SQL, Redis, or another service — invisible to the client. The article also provides a Python transport adapter that centralizes endpoint logic and ensures the application, not the auth provider, determines when each session transition is permitted.

Why Security Teams Must Shift From Gut Instinct to Metrics-Driven Decisions

Security programs have long relied on intuition rather than measurable outcomes, but growing attack surfaces and tighter budgets are forcing a change in approach. Metrics-driven security means defining success numerically before deploying controls, tracking the same data consistently over time, and actually letting those numbers drive program decisions. Common pitfalls include measuring activity instead of outcomes, using vanity metrics, and tracking too many numbers without clear ownership. Key areas worth monitoring include mean time to detect and respond to incidents, vulnerability patching speed, privileged account MFA coverage, and phishing simulation trends. Organizations are advised to select a small set of metrics aligned to their specific threat model and business priorities rather than adopting a one-size-fits-all list.